Touch the Banner notes that the list is, as always, fluid and that there may be additions or cancellations. But a lot of the visits are players taking their "official," and I suspect that those arrangements are pretty solid. What a list! I'll have trouble keeping my eyes off our visitors' section just to watch the game.

[Edit. - Tremendous offers the list of names, and more, minus Magnus's editorial blurbs. Just trying to spread the credit for all of the painstaking work that goes into compiling the weekend plans of nearly 60 highly-recruited high school athletes, all teenagers: Tremendous blog.]

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It was reported earlier in the week by Rivals that several of the commits were taking their official visits this weekend, but I think the visitor list is too expansive for them to get much individual attention. It seems several of them will be taking their officials later in the fall.

It's like they have brought in an ENTIRE TEAM of recruits for one day. If you suited up that group of recruits, they could probably win the Leaders division* (*eligible teams only) and the ACC Coastal diivision at the same time.

Michigan is taking an elite guy in 2013 (Shane Morris), but it seems like they're interested in getting a guy in 2014 who will be okay with playing second fiddle to Morris for a little while. I would imagine that they'll be looking for another Morris-caliber recruit in 2015, and I'm not sure that Jayru Campbell fits that profile.

There aren't many people who have even rated the kids from the class of 2015, so I'm not sure how he's overrated... The thing that really matters as far as "ratings" go right now is that a few FBS schools have already offered him full ride scholarships.

I don't think you can have "too many" visitors, because the number of kids there makes the school seem like a real destination, where people want to visit, see games, play, etc. Having this many visitors is a good thing.

However, the coaches aren't going to be able to spend as much one-on-one time with all these recruits as both parties would probably like. There's only so much time in a day. But guys who are coming from a long way (Green, Cole, Scott, etc.) or who are on officials will probably receive the lion's share of attention. The guys with no offers or just a couple MAC offers from Michigan or Ohio can come back anytime for a little more contact.

So, if the count is correct, that's a star-studded list of 58 recruits and current commits, plus or minus some in the next few days depending on their ultimate plans. Nobody was joking when they said that we may quite literally have a whole team in the visitors section on Saturday. A very impressive group indeed, and hopefully Michigan puts on a nice little show for them to cap their experience.

Are there any commitments anticipated this weekend? For instance, Tremendous hinted that new OL recruit Denzel Ward will be here, and could commit.

I don't necessarily want to know who (because every recruit deserves his day in the son and the publicity of "committing,") but I'm curious how many commitments are expected.

The other thing I'd be curious about is whether the emotion of the moment is a bad thing. That is to say, I wouldn't want recruits to be swept up by euphoria, to make a commitment, and then to have second thoughts and cold feet, (as in Dawson, for instance.) I think the policy Hoke has set of visiting the schools you're interested in, and only commiting to Michigan if you "are sure."